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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Revert serial 8250 console fixes
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On Feb 6, 2006, at 12:24 PM, Alan Cox wrote:

> On Llu, 2006-02-06 at 11:20 -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
>> Revert Alan's SMP related console race fix as it breaks on some
>> embedded
>> PowerPC's.
>
> Please figure out why your hardware is misbehaving before you make a
> mess of everyone elses stuff. I've seen nothing from you in the way of
> register dumps when this occurs. You need to find out what is actually
> happening on your board.

I wan't trying to be difficult, just looking for next steps. I
replied to your initial suggestion but never heard back on what to
try or do going forward.

Can you explain further why you had to change wait_for_xmitr() from
testing BOTH_EMPTY to UART_LSR_THRE.

Also, what exactly would you be looking for in a register dump?

thanks

- kumar
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